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Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!

Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth!

Marie-Louise Gay (Author) See More (5)
Marie-Louise Gay (Author) See More (5)
CELA Library
FICTION
Animals | Social Themes | Imagination & Play
Rabbits , Values & Virtues , Imagination & Play
Groundwood Books Ltd
P - K
2 - 5

Hardback
9780888999948
$18.95 CADAvailable
English
08/01/2010

Braille
Available from CELA
English

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Description


Winner of the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award for Illustration, and a finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book Award

Roslyn Rutabaga is an exuberant, feisty young rabbit with a vivid imagination. One day Roslyn wakes up with a plan. She will dig the biggest hole on earth.With her father's quiet encouragement, Roslyn sets out on her big adventure. Obstacles abound -- a grumpy worm, a grouchy mole and a bone-hogging dog get in her way. Will she find a pirate's treasure or a dinosaur bone? Will she meet a penguin? Anything could happen!

Marie-Louise Gay has written and illustrated this humorous and endearing tale as an ode to the imagination and determination of children, who create their own worlds out of the little things in life.

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Author Bio


MARIE-LOUISE GAY est une autrice et illustratrice de renommée mondiale, reconnue pour ses livres « Stella et Sam » ainsi qu’Un million de questions!, Fern and Horn, Mustafa et Les trois frères.

MARIE-LOUISE GAY est une autrice et illustratrice de renommée mondiale, reconnue pour ses livres « Stella et Sam » ainsi qu’Un million de questions!, Fern and Horn, Mustafa et Les trois frères.

Prizes


  • Kirkus Reviews 2010 Best Children's Books for Friends and FamilyCommended 2010
  • CCBC Best Books for Kids & Teens, Starred SelectionCommended 2011
  • Resource Links' Year's BestCommended 2010
  • CCBC ChoicesCommended 2011
  • Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon AwardWinner 2011
  • Toronto Public Library First & Best BookCommended 2010
  • Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children's Book AwardShort-listed 2010
  • Capitol ChoicesCommended 2011

Review Quotes


...Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth does a great job illustrating a child's free spirit and imagination...  — Everything Mom
Imaginative and adventurous children will identify with Roslyn in this simple, fun story.  — School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW
...readers will find much to relish in the illustrations. Roslyn Rutabaga is one darned determined and adorable bunny.  — Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW
Are we in store for a spate of 21st-century Rutabaga Tales? We can only hope so, if Roslyn Rutabaga and the Biggest Hole on Earth! is anything to go on.  — Globe and Mail
It's an understated story about what happens when you bite off more than you can chew, and a touching portrait of a quietly supportive parent.  — Publishers Weekly
Gay's trademark breezy humour runs through this delightful book, and the heroine's infectious enthusiasm will have readers cheering.  — Quill & Quire, STARRED REVIEW